ActionScript 3.0 :: Generic Function To Place Component On Stage?
Apr 18, 2009
I am new to flash and ActionScript 3.0.I am learning ActionScript 3.0. My requirement/need is the AS3 code for placing any type of Component(viz., Button, CheckBox, ComboBox, ListBox, radiobutton, Slider, Scrollbar,Label,TextField, etc.,) on the stage with desired width,height, X and Y parameters(values) which we mention in "Properties" tab of Properties Window in flash.
Hence, What I need is, (say)a generic ActionScript 3.0 method/function, which places any of the components present in "Components Panel" onto the stage. i.e., As per my idea, the function prototype or signature may be like this:
function addComponent(int <width>, int <height>, int <XPos>, int <YPos>)
i.e., A basic programmer's task for defining a function for my requirement. I think,if I want to add a Button onto the stage at 100,100 pixel position and the button component's width and height are 50,50 respectively,
(i.e., button.X=button.Y=100 && button.width=button.height=50).
So, a button must be placed at 100,100, then, the sample code looks like this:
Button <btn_instance> = new Button(); //creates Button instance
<btn_instance>.addComponent(50,50,100,100); // properties of button.
My requirement/need is the AS3 code for placing any type of Component(viz., Button, CheckBox, ComboBox, ListBox, radiobutton, Slider, Scrollbar,Label,TextField, etc.,) on the stage with desired width,height, X and Y parameters(values) which we mention in "Properties" tab of Properties Window in flash. Hence, What i need is, (say)a generic ActionScript 3.0 method/function, which places any of the components present in "Components Panel" onto the stage. the function prototype or signature may be like this:
function addComponent(int <width>, int <height>, int <XPos>, int <YPos>)
t is a general query i think so. i.e., A basic programmer's task for defining a function for my requirement.I think,if I want to add a Button onto the stage at 100,100 pixel position and the button component's width and height are 50,50 respectively, (i.e., button.X=button.Y=100 && button.width=button.height=50).So, a button must be placed at 100,100, then, the sample code looks like this:
Button <btn_instance> = new Button(); //creates Button instance <btn_instance>.addComponent(50,50,100,100);// properties of button.
Just wondering How I would place the Flex button component on the stage with actionscript and make it execute a function when pressed...this is easy in MXML:
I want to create a generic component in flex. This component deals with different ArrayCollections dynamically (I want it in that way). So I thought to pass the arrayCollection and the type of that arrayCollection as arguments to the component.
Like, var list:ArrayCollection<ClassA>; init_Comp(list, "ClassA");
If it is possible, I can read it like this, var newDynamicInstatnce: typeOf("ClassA") = list.getItemAt(0) as typeOf("ClassA");
Finally I have a Dynamic Instance type of that I pass. Is this possible in Flex or Is there a better way?
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for example:
ActionScript Code: public function splitVectorIntoTwo(v:Vector.<T>):Vector.<Vector.<T>> { var result:Vector.<Vector.<T>> = new Vector.<Vector.<T>>(); //Do logic return result; }
I don't know if this is possible but else it hinders our development quite a bit by using vectors since we can't use some generic utility methods as they will not accept generic vector types and you have to create a specific method for every vector type, one for Vector.<int> one for Vector.<string> etc.... With arrays, since they are not type-safe they can be passed within every such method.
Alright so... I really don't know the best way to approach this. I had a LOT of code that I thought could be generalized into a function. I don't know how to explian it... here is the code:i attached it...I know it's a lot of code... I just... I don't know what to do with it anymore! When it was in a bunch of small functions, it worked (sort of) just seemed reallly messy and annoyed me.Oh btw its causing the hero to jsut go to 0,0 and then a hit symbol appears there, and then nothing happens, the hit doesnt even dissappear.
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//initialization of a few global and one timeline variable. These should //be self explanatory in the code so I wont go into to much detail //my probs arent in the detail but in the overall relationship of the
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protected function bcContact_mouseOverHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { // TODO Auto-generated method stub bcContact.setStyle("borderVisible",true);
[code]....
bcContact is one border container Id.I try to replace bcContact by this but it doesn't work.
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[CODE]...
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